Eco-conscious Akaryn Hotel Group announces its new hotel, akyra TAS Sukhumvit Bangkok, will be the first single-use plastic-free hotel in Asia. On the back of David Attenborough's Blue Planet II documentary series, which highlighted the extreme level of plastic waste in the ocean, a continuing number of businesses have begun banning single-use plastic - including the BBC and several well-known retailers. Akaryn Hotel Group is the latest company to mark its commitment to tackling sea pollution after announcing its new hotel will become single-use plastic...

Bennell coached at Crewe Alexandra & Manchester City Predatory paedophile convicted of abusing 12 boys May have abused over 100 - 86 more people came forward Ex-football coach Barry Bennell has been jailed for 31 years at Liverpool Crown Court for 50 counts of child sexual abuse. Bennell, described as the "devil incarnate" by the judge, was convicted of abusing 12 boys aged eight to 15 between 1979 and 1991. Sentencing at Liverpool Crown Court, Judge Clement Goldstone QC said...

London is one of the most exciting cities in the world. There is so much going on for those in the know. All you need is a little information to help you find the exciting, wacky, and completely different things to do in London. If you’re not careful you can find yourself dining in soulless chain restaurants, socialising in dull gastro pubs, or forcing the fun in a sweaty nightclub. Life, and London, has more to offer than that! If...

I should come clean. Although I’m a particular fan of the cuisine - no stranger to jerk chicken and plantain chips are one of my favourite snacks - I am by no means a connoisseur of Caribbean food. This can, perhaps, be attributed to  spending the past 16 years  living on what’s arguably the wrong side of London in terms of  access to any exceptional Caribbean food hotspots.   And so, as we make the short walk from Finsbury Park...

Can our roads be smarter—do more than just get us from one destination to another? What if our roads were able to have their own lighting and could charge during the day and function at night? Can we make roads that have this type of technology—the ability to become smart? Anytime someone hears the term “smart” describing an object, one assumes the object has the capability to interact with modern technologies. So, when we hear terms like smart watches, smart...

Theresa May today acknowledges the electorally toxic policy of making the England's higher education system the most expensive in the world. “We now have one of the most expensive systems of university tuition in the world,” the Prime Minister will admit. - Though according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), England has overtaken the US, where states are trying to reduce the cost of higher education and now actually has the most expensive university education in the world. And...

Virgin Hyperloop One today announced the Indian State of Maharashtra’s intent to build a hyperloop between Pune and Mumbai beginning with an operational demonstration track. Sir Richard Branson announced the Framework Agreement in the presence of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis to begin the development of the route. In a statement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the hyperloop route could have the same impact upon India in the 21st century...

Hammersmith Apollo has seen many great performances in its time, but on Saturday the venue was tinged in sadness as the final ever performance by Wild Beasts took place. The four-piece band from Cumbria announced last September that their decade long adventure was coming to an end. While the reason behind the split was hidden behind a veil of abstract quotes from the band members, it was clear that the shouts from the crowd to ‘stay together’ were falling on...

Millennials need to stop complaining about the housing crisis, Sean O'Grady wrote in the Independent on Friday. Despite baby boomers growing up in an age of free education, affordable property and a prosperous job market they had it much worse. If you wanted to play Snake on your phone in the 70s you could forget about it. Want a package holiday to Magaluf? No chance. And by far the worse of all, "the most exotic thing you’d find in a British...